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North Minneapolis residents are cleaning up after a tornado tore through the area on May 22, 2011. The storm was responsible for two deaths, dozens of injuries and at least $166 million in damages.

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Minneapolis tornado

Police chaplain talks about the scene at the armory

by Tom Crann, Minnesota Public Radio
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St. Paul, Minn. — Seventy of the families displaced by Sunday's tornado found shelter at the Northeast Armory in Minneapolis. Two hundred and fifty seven kids and adults spent the night after storms made their homes unlivable.

More than 450 people have been getting help there throughout the day on Monday.

John LeMay, the Minneapolis Police Department chaplain, is helping storm survivors at the Northeast Armory. He talked to MPR's Tom Crann about the scene there.

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